Hi Robin: It's refreshing watching a time served C&J but the majority of people in the USA don't understand or know what you're talking about. Yes I know Americans speak a kind of English. Most of the words they use are changed forever as you may know. Keep rolling out the vids it's been a while since I was on the tools in a full time capacity. I enjoyed the old ways of saw sharpening. I used to have a saw horse vice, but now the old ways are gone ( but not forgotten ). It's a throw away society these days.
Hi Robin, just starting my own very first kitchen install and this video series has been VERY helpful! Thankyou!! What is the brand of caulking you are using and recommend?
Would you recommend plywood behind base/wall cabinets to increase air flow and prevent moisture/damp? Or can the cabinets get fitted onto plasterboard?
It is a great idea to use OSB or ply on stud walls and then face it with plasterboard. That gives you all the fixing points you need. It is not required for damp because the walls are in the heated area but it makes a good solid wall.
@@SkillBuilder thanks really appreciate the response, what about solid/brick walls that have been plasterboarded (i.e without studs)? Is it OK to just fit the units without plywood for air circulation? It's something I heard and read people do so was wondering if my builder was missing a step
Blown away buddy. Love your work. I’ve been a kitchen fitter for 20 years and always taken pride in my work. You take it new levels. Keep up the great videos. Ps. If you need an apprentice with 20 years experience. Drop me line. 👍🏽
Thanks mate, I will bare that In mind!!! I'm probably to slow to earn a living fitting Kitchens though, will leave that to you and the other kitchen fitting experts!!!
Francis Hi Robin, great carpenter and joiner and builder, spent my life doing the same jobs. in this video I noticed you used centimetres a few times, in all my time building and kitchens never used centimetres. Only Metres and millimetres. Just wondering . Good look with all your brilliant work.
Hi Robin, the kitchen is looking so good! Using dominoes is just the best way to do those mitres, people complain about the extra time but it is so worth it especially when you’re on your own.
I should have done this with our vegetable cupboard in our British racing green kitchen island, great minds. Would you be willing to share the product you chose for the metal inlay?
Have to agree about the knob / handle position I've always use the same + jig and back block to stop break out . Really liked the vaccum system great idea . Mitre glue wouldn't be with out 😊🤟🍀🇮🇪
Robin Clevett looks nice robin, just looked it up, greens not my favourite colour but that’s going to be brilliant can’t wait to see it finished, and hand painted you must have a good painter,
Beautiful work! I recently finished installing new Kraftmaid Kitchen Cabinets, after ripping out 60 year old 3/4” cherry cabinets. Ha! It was a 3 day demo!! I see you have a nice assortment of Milwaukee Fuel Tools! The new Gen 2 18 gauge nailer is amazing.
Would those adhesive work for skirtings if the walls are wonky? Im having a mare of a time with our renovation. Solvent adhesives have not got enough grab. Also surprised you didn't domino the frame for your cabinets, would of make alignment easy :D
I always use insta stick low expansion gun grade foam for fixing things like skirting a mate. It's extremely strong,very low expansion and goes off completely in ten to fifteen minutes so you can put some weight against any bits you may be trying to bend in to the wall or use a wedge and they only need to hold for fifteen minutes then it will have grabbed And you can remove them. It was originally developed for sticking plasterboard to the walls instead of dry wall adhesive but it sticks pretty much anything. Have a quick google of it-- insta stick gun grade low expansion foam.
@@garethheathcote4988 Thanks for the suggestion. I've actually been recommended that by a few people now but I am trying one more product and if that fails, I will give this a go. How do the wedges work? I've tried to google around but I've not found any examples. I'm thinking about screwing a temporary piece of timber to my floor in front of the skirting and then making some wedges which I can bash in between to get things flush until it dries - am I on the right track?
By no means am a pro have done a few kitchens and have come with a plastic like plinth with la weather strip attached. But I can imagine it’s hard to get that colour coded.
Paul McFadyen think your spot on there was just thinking more robust idea than the mfd to the floor if anything like my wife kitchen looks likes she flooded the place when she cleans
I have not tried the makita recently so it would be hard to compare, I can say though the Milwaukee is a beautiful tool, sounds great, works great and it's a godsend having a cord free routing solution
I would avoid swinging doors(shelving) below the countertop - you basically limit access to one side only. You can get sliding trash units for under the sink stuff. Added bonus is that you can use only handles then for that "clean look" - you can the go all knobs on the top level cabinets. Mixing knobs and handles on the same level looks weird - unless they match really well.
the kitchen is coming along lovely. I recall you put 19mm MR-MDF on the wall to fit the kitchen?. Are they timber frame or block walls and how did you fix them? Keep up the excellent work.
I wonder how much this kitchen has set him back, those knobs are £40 a pop. Years of hard work and being a master at your craft means you can afford these luxuries.
If you're talking about the tricoya extreme MDF it will last for decades. Robin has experimented with it using it in planters outside, and even leaving it in a bucket of water for months. It remained perfectly dimensionally stable. It's very expensive but very useful stuff and worth it in certain situations, if you considerer the time and expense of replacing things that rot.
@@wasbeen I think he meant inverted (mirror image). With his carpentry so flawless, the least we could do is correct his English to make us feel better about ourselves!
I put something similar in a couple of kitchen doors 12 months later I went back to change them because the customer said they were collecting dust and the stuff that was in the cupboard was getting dusty. Looks good but not practical. Great video though ba.
The most common grab adhesive, lets call it sh*tfill, is a pain in the arse. I hate using it but every site I work on it's already been supplied with the skirting, mouldings etc. You ask if a better one can be provided but you turn up on site and there it is, that bloody green box.
you are such a clever bloke but I cant for the life of me figure why you couldn't have come up with way of holding that frame in position until the silicon went off instead of using 18g brads. Anything would have been better than having holes in the face of a spray finished piece of trim. I,m an old shopfitter and my bosses would not have been impressed, or was it it joke and there were no nals in the gun??
Hi Robin: It's refreshing watching a time served C&J but the majority of people in the USA don't understand or know what you're talking about. Yes I know Americans speak a kind of English. Most of the words they use are changed forever as you may know. Keep rolling out the vids it's been a while since I was on the tools in a full time capacity. I enjoyed the old ways of saw sharpening. I used to have a saw horse vice, but now the old ways are gone ( but not forgotten ). It's a throw away society these days.
Stunning work Robin. Love the time and attention you put into everything you do. An inspiration to many!
I started off doubting the green on brown but it's growing on me. Quality work as always. I envy anyone you've ever built for. Thanks for the vids.
Morning robin pleasure to watch you work amazing craftsmanship
You sounded like David Attenborough when you got up on that ladder 😂. Brilliant work as always 👍
Just stumbled onto your channel, some great tips for my upcoming kitchen build
Hi robin . What is the best way in cutting straining grooves in composite worktops
Hi Robin, just starting my own very first kitchen install and this video series has been VERY helpful! Thankyou!! What is the brand of caulking you are using and recommend?
Your workmanship is top notch!
What blade are you using? And does reduce chipping on the laminate?
The way you went about modifying the door panels was impressive.
Would you recommend plywood behind base/wall cabinets to increase air flow and prevent moisture/damp? Or can the cabinets get fitted onto plasterboard?
It is a great idea to use OSB or ply on stud walls and then face it with plasterboard. That gives you all the fixing points you need. It is not required for damp because the walls are in the heated area but it makes a good solid wall.
@@SkillBuilder thanks really appreciate the response, what about solid/brick walls that have been plasterboarded (i.e without studs)? Is it OK to just fit the units without plywood for air circulation? It's something I heard and read people do so was wondering if my builder was missing a step
Blown away buddy. Love your work. I’ve been a kitchen fitter for 20 years and always taken pride in my work. You take it new levels. Keep up the great videos. Ps. If you need an apprentice with 20 years experience. Drop me line. 👍🏽
Thanks mate, I will bare that
In mind!!! I'm probably to slow to earn a living fitting Kitchens though, will leave that to you and the other kitchen fitting experts!!!
Very satisfying work 👍
Is the adhesive you’re using Soudal FixAll?
Gotta love that British racing green with the Oak carcasses. Looks amazing.
Francis
Hi Robin, great carpenter and joiner and builder, spent my life doing the same jobs.
in this video I noticed you used centimetres a few times, in all my time building and kitchens never used centimetres. Only Metres and millimetres. Just wondering .
Good look with all your brilliant work.
Mind blown 🤯 How long did the entire kitchen take you to make and fit?
Hi Robin, the kitchen is looking so good! Using dominoes is just the best way to do those mitres, people complain about the extra time but it is so worth it especially when you’re on your own.
Surely it doesn't add that much time? Even I can ram an accurate domino in within 30 seconds, so you guys must barely notice it
Rico S it doesn’t at all but there are so many builders out there that are fixated on time over quality.
@@jimichip not me. I do really shite joinery, taking ten times as long.
Rico S 😂😂😂 I’m sure you’re not that bad. It’s all about the finish!
My wife loves a good knob😂 shame it’s not mine.
YES she does!
Quality!!😂
Mentorcase 😂😂😂
learning some new tech talk. ON THE WONK. love it
Im scottish on the wonk is usually accompanied with thats pisshhh
Robin. The Kitchen is Beautiful.👍👏👏
I was looking at all the vids to see where the doors were purchased from. Cutwrights?
I figured it out. They are from Howdens
you're home will be absolutely beautiful when completed Robin 👌🏼
The brass and the green go together great. Nice job.
Truly a master craftsman well done robin
That's coming on lovely. I wish i had your skill.
Excellent workmanship Robin, you are a true craftsman
Very smart kitchen. Looks classy and beautifully put together.
I should have done this with our vegetable cupboard in our British racing green kitchen island, great minds. Would you be willing to share the product you chose for the metal inlay?
What exact colour is the kitchen painted?
Have to agree about the knob / handle position I've always use the same + jig and back block to stop break out . Really liked the vaccum system great idea . Mitre glue wouldn't be with out 😊🤟🍀🇮🇪
Hi Robin that adhesive your using, is it good to fix wooden panel to glass.
I would try a section but I would guess it would be great
Fantastic work & great explanation & demonstration Robin. 👌
Hi Robin, big fan. You may remember me from the Pheonix days? Love your work, so impressed. You are a master. All the best SB
Polymer sealant is the future! That 'fix all' you tried to hide is a particular favorite!
I can see those t bars catching in trouser pocket all the time
A master at his craft.
Can’t beat that fix all
A joy to watch! What a beaut bit of craft
Inspirational stuff mate. I wish there were more like you.
Did you get cutwrights to do those carcass boards
Yes Doug these are all by Cutwrights
So if you are putting a face frame on why bother with lipping on those center carcasses?
Absolutely brilliant work....standard and quality is awesome
Kitchen fit for a king, what colour is it going to be painted? Is it different from your undercoat green?
The colour is Stable Green by paint library
@@ukconstruction
Blimey! I thought that was the final finish and colour. How thick am I?
Robin Clevett looks nice robin, just looked it up, greens not my favourite colour but that’s going to be brilliant can’t wait to see it finished, and hand painted you must have a good painter,
Beautiful work! I recently finished installing new Kraftmaid Kitchen Cabinets, after ripping out 60 year old 3/4” cherry cabinets. Ha! It was a 3 day demo!!
I see you have a nice assortment of Milwaukee Fuel Tools! The new Gen 2 18 gauge nailer is amazing.
What beautiful work. Very impressive. One minute detail - when you get spectacles again, please get the antiglare coating 🙃
Hi Robin how did you tackle the screw holes in the back of the open cabinet?
Thank you for sharing this with us Robin.
Mitre fast is the bestest of all mitre glues in my opinion 👌🏻
Handle position makes me feel uneasy though 😰
Why does the handle position make you feel uneasy?
Quality work as always Robin
When u started this trade n decided to go on your own, was it hard to get work at first
Listen to our Podcasts also on UA-cam
Great job Robin!
Looking very nice indeed!
Are there only 30 videos in this series or will we get to see the finished house?
Robin left Skill Builder to start his own eponymous channel so you might find some more videos there.
@@SkillBuilder Thank you
Would those adhesive work for skirtings if the walls are wonky? Im having a mare of a time with our renovation. Solvent adhesives have not got enough grab. Also surprised you didn't domino the frame for your cabinets, would of make alignment easy :D
I always use insta stick low expansion gun grade foam for fixing things like skirting a mate. It's extremely strong,very low expansion and goes off completely in ten to fifteen minutes so you can put some weight against any bits you may be trying to bend in to the wall or use a wedge and they only need to hold for fifteen minutes then it will have grabbed And you can remove them. It was originally developed for sticking plasterboard to the walls instead of dry wall adhesive but it sticks pretty much anything. Have a quick google of it-- insta stick gun grade low expansion foam.
@@garethheathcote4988 Thanks for the suggestion. I've actually been recommended that by a few people now but I am trying one more product and if that fails, I will give this a go. How do the wedges work? I've tried to google around but I've not found any examples. I'm thinking about screwing a temporary piece of timber to my floor in front of the skirting and then making some wedges which I can bash in between to get things flush until it dries - am I on the right track?
@@garethheathcote4988 I use insta stick foam for sticking skirting works really well
I got my wife a central vacume system...........she calls it an extension lead!!!
Lovely colour scheme
I like you are stepping up these videos bravo!
Won't flies get through the brass grills?
The grills have a really fine mesh on the back so they are fly proof
Hi Robin. Looking bloody good!! (..and the kitchen 😆) What’s the colour green? Looks beautiful against the walnut. Have you done the grills yet?
Thanks Jim, the colour is called stable green glad you like it mate
Thanks Robin. Love it 👍
great colour
Never been a lover of pressed cardboard (mdf)
I’m interested to know why your not using a festool dust extractor. Looks like you have a Makita or something similar?
Lovely job. Very tasty work
you can actually get vent grills for plinth. looks much more finished than having an open scoop.
Nice work
Fab work Robin. Did u say you ordered the brass mesh from the same company as the handle ? Or from another . Thanks Robin
Why not use router to cut those ventilation slots?
By no means am a pro have done a few kitchens and have come with a plastic like plinth with la weather strip attached. But I can imagine it’s hard to get that colour coded.
Sounds like ikea kitchens?
Paul McFadyen think your spot on there was just thinking more robust idea than the mfd to the floor if anything like my wife kitchen looks likes she flooded the place when she cleans
Looking good.
Robins lacoste top has become as iconic as fonzes leather or elvis' jumpsuit
perfect
How long does it take a kitchen fit out?
I like the way he says 'plimpfs'.
Innit ?
Robin, how are you finding the milwaukee cordless router, better than the makita cordless?
I have not tried the makita recently so it would be hard to compare, I can say though the Milwaukee is a beautiful tool, sounds great, works great and it's a godsend having a cord free routing solution
Oh the day fes bring out a cordless router. I shall be queing at the door
Excellent fits all the way around. Love those dominos.
I would avoid swinging doors(shelving) below the countertop - you basically limit access to one side only. You can get sliding trash units for under the sink stuff.
Added bonus is that you can use only handles then for that "clean look" - you can the go all knobs on the top level cabinets. Mixing knobs and handles on the same level looks weird - unless they match really well.
Robin knows exactly what he,s doing mate,this is his own custom built house with the custom kitchen he,s designed himself.
@@garethheathcote4988 I know mate. It was more for others designing their kitchens.
Need more bricklaying video on this channel
no we dont, check out stu crompton for all your brick laying vids
Top man no bullshit.
Good man....thanks for sharing.
Lovely
Brilliant quality in of paint finish. Do you have any details on that? Also spotted the glare of an impending bollocking to someone. 😂
the kitchen is coming along lovely. I recall you put 19mm MR-MDF on the wall to fit the kitchen?. Are they timber frame or block walls and how did you fix them? Keep up the excellent work.
Hi John, this is a timber framed house to the MDF was fitted instead of the plasterboard
Thanks Robin
I wonder how much this kitchen has set him back, those knobs are £40 a pop. Years of hard work and being a master at your craft means you can afford these luxuries.
Richard has extremely expensive taste! A true artisan!!!
I think that you mean robin buddy.
🤦🏻♂️
www.ldlonline.co.uk have a great range of modern handles in all materials and great prices. Trade accounts available.
Its will probably be million-pound plus house went he is finishing a few hundred on knobs is nothing
What are you classing as forever, ten years?
If you're talking about the tricoya extreme MDF it will last for decades. Robin has experimented with it using it in planters outside, and even leaving it in a bucket of water for months. It remained perfectly dimensionally stable. It's very expensive but very useful stuff and worth it in certain situations, if you considerer the time and expense of replacing things that rot.
I like the dark wood and the dark green. Kinda weird but very classy & unique
Minor complaint..... “symmetric” not “isometric “. Unless you are making a technical drawing at 30 degrees. 😉
I thought it was asymmetric?
Rico S maybe, if Robin meant “not symmetrical “. I feel bad commenting on people’s grammar, but I’m a draftsman and it made me shudder.
@@wasbeen I think he meant inverted (mirror image). With his carpentry so flawless, the least we could do is correct his English to make us feel better about ourselves!
Matt Diver you’ve got to call him on it. He’s correcting the way we work, its only fair😜
I put something similar in a couple of kitchen doors 12 months later I went back to change them because the customer said they were collecting dust and the stuff that was in the cupboard was getting dusty. Looks good but not practical. Great video though ba.
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The most common grab adhesive, lets call it sh*tfill, is a pain in the arse. I hate using it but every site I work on it's already been supplied with the skirting, mouldings etc.
You ask if a better one can be provided but you turn up on site and there it is, that bloody green box.
Great joiner tell he’s not on a price though good on him
Why not use a biscuit jointer to position + glue the frame to your carcases and clamp it on with masking tape ;)
That kitchen looks amazing, but you need proper skills and tools. Great job!
Sockets are high
you are such a clever bloke but I cant for the life of me figure why you couldn't have come up with way of holding that frame in position until the silicon went off instead of using 18g brads. Anything would have been better than having holes in the face of a spray finished piece of trim. I,m an old shopfitter and my bosses would not have been impressed, or was it it joke and there were no nals in the gun??
ua-cam.com/video/or2JLkuBkCg/v-deo.html Thats a bearing, not a guide bush. Guide bush entirely different application and aspect of routing.
First class workmanship as always Robin, looks absolutely stunning. Out of curiosity what make of paint did you use on the ceilings and walls?
I use a great paint by a company called Hanford and Green, it's a really good quality paint and covers really well give them a google
Robin Clevett I will thanks very much. 👍
You must have one huge tool shed - are you sponsored??
You look younger on each upload Richard!!!
Surely your jig is symmetrical, not isometric.